About the UW-Madison SLIS Alumni Association

The SLIS Alumni Association is a network of more than 4,000 alumni of the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies. The SLIS Alumni Association facilitates networking opportunities for alumni, enhances the education and training of students, and provides advocacy, financial, and professional support to SLIS.

All UW-Madison SLIS alumni are automatically members of the SLIS Alumni Association. Anyone currently or previously enrolled in SLIS classes, or who is interested in libraries or librarianship can become an affiliate. Each member (when you keep your address up to date) receives the following benefits:

To reap these benefits as a SLIS alumnus, it is important that you keep your contact information up-to-date. Please update your profile on the Wisconsin Alumni Association's online directory or feel free to contact SLIS Student Services Coordinator, Andrea Poehling, at 608 263 2909 or student-services@slis.wisc.edu. Send us a class note to let us know what's new in your life.

Each year, the SLIS Alumni Association confers the Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus Award upon an alumna or alumnus of SLIS in recognition of outstanding leadership and accomplishment in library service. The SLIS Alumni Association also awards scholarships to SLIS students.

For questions about the SLIS Alumni Association, please contact any of its Officers and Executive Board Members or the SLIS Student Services Coordinator, Andrea Poehling, at 608 263 2909.